Scream
The sound is very important within the opening title sequence of SCREAM. Out of all the sounds you hear, some of them are diegetic. Those sounds you hear are: popcorn cooking, dog barking and the killer’s voice.
When Casey is on the phone she puts some popcorn on the stove to cook. Throughout the film it shows the popcorn cooking and as the pace quickens, the cooking of the popcorn quickens as well. When Casey is about to be killed the popcorn is on fire. The sound of the popcorn is what intensifies the opening title sequence. The sequence gets so intense that the popcorn ends up on fire.
When the killer says down the phone “so I know who I’m looking at” you can hear a dog barking in the background. Dogs only bark when they detect people moving, so that means the killer was moving round to the back of the house- to show that Casey is really not alone. The dog barking is a diegetic sound.
My last sound is the killer’s voice. He has got a false voice when he’s talking down the phone, because then it gives it more of a mystery of who he is. When Casey realised that she is not alone the killer uses a threatening voice that is creepy and sinister to get her to do what he wants, so Casey gets scared of who’s on the other side of the phone. The killer uses a mocking voice when he’s trying to get Casey to answer his questions, so he’s trying to make a joke out of her. The killer’s voice is a diegetic sound.
At the start of the opening title sequence, you see the front of the house. The sound that you hear is ambiant sound of crickets. This can create an thick atmosphere, because you can hear crickets when it is quiet. Crickets can represent the quietness. Quietness in the dark is always a bad thing.
When Casey is on the phone she puts some popcorn on the stove to cook. Throughout the film it shows the popcorn cooking and as the pace quickens, the cooking of the popcorn quickens as well. When Casey is about to be killed the popcorn is on fire. The sound of the popcorn is what intensifies the opening title sequence. The sequence gets so intense that the popcorn ends up on fire.
When the killer says down the phone “so I know who I’m looking at” you can hear a dog barking in the background. Dogs only bark when they detect people moving, so that means the killer was moving round to the back of the house- to show that Casey is really not alone. The dog barking is a diegetic sound.
My last sound is the killer’s voice. He has got a false voice when he’s talking down the phone, because then it gives it more of a mystery of who he is. When Casey realised that she is not alone the killer uses a threatening voice that is creepy and sinister to get her to do what he wants, so Casey gets scared of who’s on the other side of the phone. The killer uses a mocking voice when he’s trying to get Casey to answer his questions, so he’s trying to make a joke out of her. The killer’s voice is a diegetic sound.
At the start of the opening title sequence, you see the front of the house. The sound that you hear is ambiant sound of crickets. This can create an thick atmosphere, because you can hear crickets when it is quiet. Crickets can represent the quietness. Quietness in the dark is always a bad thing.
RD